disqualification

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ qualification.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌkwɑːləfɪˈkeɪʃn/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

disqualification (countable and uncountable, plural disqualifications)

1. The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified

   the disqualification of certain people for holding certain positions

   Henry won the match due to the disqualification of his opponent.

2. That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role

   Conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office.

   Sickness is a disqualification for labor.

3. (basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.

   Synonym: fouling out

Derived terms

• nondisqualification

Translations

act of disqualifying

Arabic: إِقْصَاء m (ʔiqṣāʔ) Basque: deskalifikazio Belarusian: дыскваліфіка́цыя f (dyskvalifikácyja) Bulgarian: дисквалификация f (diskvalifikacija) Catalan: desqualificació f Czech: diskvalifikace f Danish: diskvalificering c, diskvalifikation c Dutch: diskwalificatie (nl) f Finnish: diskvalifiointi (fi) French: disqualification (fr) f German: Disqualifikation (de) f Greek: ανικανότητα (el) f (anikanótita) Indonesian: diskualifikasi (id) Italian: squalifica (it) f Japanese: 不合格 (ja) Maori: whakakorenga, whakakorekorenga, whākorekorenga Norwegian: Bokmål: diskvalifikasjon m, diskvalifisering m or f Nynorsk: diskvalifikasjon m, diskvalifisering f Polish: dyskwalifikacja (pl) f Romanian: descalificare (ro) f Russian: дисквалификация (ru) f (diskvalifikacija), деквалификация (ru) f (dekvalifikacija) Slovak: diskvalifikácia f Slovene: diskvalifikacija f Spanish: descalificación (es) f, (sport) desclasificación f Swedish: diskvalifikation (sv) c, diskvalificering (sv) c Ukrainian: дискваліфіка́ція f (dyskvalifikácija)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

disqualification f (plural disqualifications)

1. disqualification

Further reading

• “disqualification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.